Example sentences of "should [not/n't] go on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , properly managed , perhaps using birth control instead of the crude culls practised by Zimbabwe and its friends , there is no reason why elephants should not go on producing ‘ found ’ ivory ( tusks picked up after natural mortality ) and tourist revenue for ever . |
| 2 | ‘ They are anxious that they should not go on running a system which may in the long term be at a loss , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 4 | Ron said that I should not go on to the track and kill myself because I might pull a hamstring . |
| 5 | To avoid boredom one activity should not go on for too long , so always have a variety of activities ready . |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't go on , Harris , if I were you . |
| 7 | No-one is denying that development should n't go on , as change is inevitable . |
| 8 | ‘ But he was most keen that the thing should n't go on and on like it usually does . ’ |